Cineworld aims to open 25 new cinemas over the next four years as it fights
for market leadership with its two main rivals, Odeon and Vue.

The 80-strong chain of cinemas lags behind Odeon in terms of the number of
sites it operates, although Cineworld is top of the table in admissions
terms because it has more multiplexes in its portfolio.

Admissions at Cineworld’s screens rose by 2.3 per cent in the 16 weeks to
October 17, although box office receipts grew more slowly, by 1.4 per cent,
because several of the summer’s big releases, including Despicable
Me 2 and Monsters